The Fair of Ross.

Te Aroha News, Volume IV, Issue 200, 23 April 1887, Page 6

The Fair of Ross.

The following » f ory was told to a. clerical y friend; in the Weßt ot this county by a countryman named Dinny Caoly : -"Good morning, Dinny : where did you get the horse?" "Well, I'll tell ypur reverence. Some time ago 1 went to the fair of Rose, not with this horse, but wiih another horae. Well, sottsk a wan said fco me, ' Dinny, do you come from the Aiet,, or da you come from the Weath?' and when- Jj ieft the fair there wasn't wan to say,, ' Dinny , are you going to the AiBt, or are ycui going to the* Westh?* Well, your reverence* I rode home, and was near KUnagross whea I met a maa i riding along the road forninsfc me. • Good: , evening, friend,' eea-.he. v Good evening, friend,' sezl. 4 Wera you ak the fair of Rosa?'' sex he. ' I was,' so* It ' Did you 9ell ?' sea.he. * No,' sez I. ' Would you sell ?' sez he. ♦ Would you buji P sea I. • Would you make a clane Bwop,' ees he, * horse, bridle, and saddle and ( all V se» he. ' Done,' saa- 1. Well, your reverence* I got down off a* my horse, not this horse, but the other horse, and the man got down off ay his horse, that's this horse, not the other horse, and we swopped* and rode away. But when he bad gone about twenty yards h©> turned round and called after me. ' Thaue never was a man from Roes,' eez he, * but he could put his finger in the eye ay a raaa from Kilnagross,' Bez he, 'and that horse,' sea he, • that t Bwopped with yoa is blind ay one eye/ *ez he. Well then, your reverence, I turned upon him, and I called out to him, • There niver was a man from Kilnagroes,' Ben I, ' but could put his two fingers in both the eyes ay a man from Robb,' sea I, ' and that horße that I swopped with you/ sea I, *is blind ay both his eyes,' bqz I.